It's naive to think natives would always keep land

I found the May 29 letter "Land eyed for conservation was taken from natives" to be an unrealistic observation on the part of the writer.

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Posted Jun. 9, 2014 at 2:10 AM

Posted Jun. 9, 2014 at 2:10 AM

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I found the May 29 letter "Land eyed for conservation was taken from natives" to be an unrealistic observation on the part of the writer.

Its mention that the land in Harwich and elsewhere was originally "transferred from the Wampanoag people without their full knowledge or perhaps even consent" is a naive assertion relative to man's history. In all probability, if the English and other Europeans had not "transferred" the discovered land from "our indigenous neighbors," other forces of history would have taken their place. Then in all likelihood the "original inhabitants" may have been "ethnically cleansed" from Cape Cod, and today's Cape Cod residents would perhaps be speaking Russian, Chinese or perhaps Japanese.

When one considers the expansive era of exploration which took place in the 15th through 18th centuries, it is folly to think that the American landmass would have never been discovered and stayed innocent of the conquering forces of exploration.

Man's history and overall human progress will continue to flow forth in spite of theology, lest we as "who we really are" simply condemn ourselves to a return to the Dark Ages.